By Wise H.B. No. 2199
75R6100 KEL-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain obscenity
1-3 offenses and other offenses committed to further the commission of
1-4 obscenity offenses.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 25.08(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-9 degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if
1-10 the actor commits the offense with intent to commit an offense
1-11 under Section 43.25.
1-12 SECTION 2. Subdivisions (2) and (7), Section 43.25(a), Penal
1-13 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-14 (2) "Sexual conduct" means sexual contact, actual or
1-15 simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual
1-16 bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd
1-17 exhibition of the genitals.
1-18 (7) "Deviate sexual intercourse" and "sexual contact"
1-19 have the meanings assigned [has the meaning defined] by Section
1-20 43.01.
1-21 SECTION 3. Section 43.25(f), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-22 as follows:
1-23 (f) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this
1-24 section that:
2-1 (1) [the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed
2-2 that the child who engaged in the sexual conduct was 18 years of
2-3 age or older;]
2-4 [(2)] the defendant was the spouse of the child at the
2-5 time of the offense;
2-6 (2) [(3)] the conduct was for a bona fide educational,
2-7 medical, psychological, psychiatric, judicial, law enforcement, or
2-8 legislative purpose; or
2-9 (3) [(4)] the defendant is not more than two years
2-10 older than the child.
2-11 SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Penal Code, is amended
2-12 by adding Section 43.27 to read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 43.27. DUTY TO REPORT. (a) For purposes of this
2-14 section, "film image" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26.
2-15 (b) A business that develops or processes a film image and
2-16 determines that the image may be evidence of a criminal offense
2-17 under this subchapter shall report the existence of the film image
2-18 to a local law enforcement agency.
2-19 SECTION 5. Subdivision (2), Article 59.01, Code of Criminal
2-20 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
2-21 (2) "Contraband" means property of any nature,
2-22 including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
2-23 (A) used in the commission of:
2-24 (i) any first or second degree felony
2-25 under the Penal Code;
2-26 (ii) any felony under Section 38.04,
2-27 Subchapter B, Chapter 43, or Chapters 29, 30, 31, 32, or 35, Penal
3-1 Code; or
3-2 (iii) any felony under The Securities Act
3-3 (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
3-4 (B) used or intended to be used in the
3-5 commission of:
3-6 (i) any felony under Chapter 481, Health
3-7 and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
3-8 (ii) any felony under Chapter 483, Health
3-9 and Safety Code;
3-10 (iii) a felony under Article 350, Revised
3-11 Statutes;
3-12 (iv) any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
3-13 Code;
3-14 (v) a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
3-15 B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
3-16 previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter; or
3-17 (vi) any felony under The Sale of Checks
3-18 Act (Article 489d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
3-19 (C) the proceeds gained from the commission of a
3-20 felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision or a
3-21 crime of violence; or
3-22 (D) acquired with proceeds gained from the
3-23 commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
3-24 subdivision or a crime of violence.
3-25 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. The
3-26 change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed
3-27 on or after September 1, 1997. An offense committed before
4-1 September 1, 1997, is covered by the law in effect when the offense
4-2 was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
4-3 purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
4-4 before September 1, 1997, if any element of the offense occurred
4-5 before that date.
4-6 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.